ALL ABOUT CIP

Every Wednesday for the past 3 terms we have been doing C.I.P which stands for Community Impact Projects. In cool to be kind we go around and help others, talk to the elderly, and share our thoughts and ideas on our blogs. We want to make an impact on our community and make Hornby a better place to live. In our other C.I.P group, Tane Mahuta. We go and plant more native trees to keep nature in the world and we talk about what we are doing to destroy this plant. We want the native birds to come back to New Zealand by starting to plant those trees that the birds most likely go to. Making our home a better place to be without all the gases and oils leaking into our atmosphere. Help us make our world a better place to be by recycling, re-planting, and reducing the need for destroying our home. And keeping our community Clean. 

CIP- Its Cool to be kind.

For our, Cool To Be Kind C.I.P group we have been talking to the elderly, helping each other and learning the meaning of kindness by showing our values to help Hornby become an open and friendly community. I feel like we could be doing much more to help our community by doing more hands-on stuff like go to different primary schools and talk about what kindness means and how they could show kindness with just a simple smile. Maybe we could write letters and placing them all over Hornby so everyone can read them, or place some fun in the walls of our home with drawing and coloring competitions. Either way, I think that we could do a lot but we could do more with the help of the community. Be kind to your family, Help do the laundry or clean the house. Be kind to your neighbors, talk to them and compliment them once in a while. But most of all be kind to yourself, treat yourself sometimes and think good thoughts about how you look and what you do. And just spreading Kindness around Hornby. 

SOLAR POWERED OVENS!

Hurumanu - Renewable Energy

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1. Tinfoil   
2.   Pizza Box 
3.   Black rubbish bag   
4.   Scissors 
5. GladWrap   
6.  Stick 
7. pen 
8. Food 
9. ruler
10. Newspaper

Steps:

1.   Fold the pizza box into o box 
2.  Cut out a box from the top of the pizza box 5cm from the edges besides the fold. 
3.   Put the back rubbish bag in the bottom of the inside and up the sides. 
4.   Sellotape the tinfoil into the inside of the square you cut out. 
5.   Cover the whole that you made with GladWrap 
6.   Put your food inside then line your box up with the sun and watch your meal cook.

Findings:

Time-	Temperature-
0
15
30
45

Conclusion

Puppet Show!

Today in drama we continued making our paper bag puppets that we had started last week. We then got into groups to start scripting our very own paper bag puppet show. My group was Heaven, Jasmine, me, and kahciar. For our puppets we went with a Starwars theme, Heaven made R2D2, Jasmine made Chewbacca, I made Yoda, and kahciar made a random cat. For our puppet show, we decided to do a music video. We had to make the video involve healthy eating in someway so we chose the song Apples And Bananas and to be honest I thought that this was the perfect song. Once we had everything planned out we had a practice then recorded the puppet show. Here is our final product.

WIND!

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

Materials 

1. 4x Plastic Dishes 

2. 2x Skewers 

3. Tape
4. Pencil

5. Pin 

Steps

1. Tape the Plastic dishes to The end of the skewers.

2. Tape the skewers together to make a cross.

3. Stick the pin through the tape in the middle and put it into the pencil. 

4. Go out to different spots in your area.

5. Count how many full spins it makes in each spot.

6. Use the Beaufort wind scale to learn what the speed of the wind is. 

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind Manager

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the timekeeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

• You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Middle of Field	0
2.	Tennis Court Gate	0
3.	Old J Block	2
4.	Hill on The Quad	1

CONCLUSION:

I thought that the middle of the field would have the most spins but when we tested it I was shocked to know that it didn't do any spins at all. We ended up testing it again and holding it higher up so it would be easier for the wind to push it around but we got the same results as the first time. The old J block ended up with the most spins we held it up and the results we got were 2 spins within 15seconds. I think that this got the most wind because there was nothing blocking the wind in the direction that it was coming from. Also because right before we did the test I fixed one of the dishes that was facing the wrong way.

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	The wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and lose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurricane

The water cycle experiment results

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT WATER ON EARTH.

Definition:

Scientific words:

• Evaporation. When water is heated by radiant energy it turns into water vapor.
• Transpiration. Evaporation from plants.
• Condensation. When water vapor cools, molecules join together and form clouds.
• Precipitation. When clouds get heavy the waters falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
• Acidification: the action or process of making or becoming acidic.

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT WATER ON EARTH.

Definition:

Scientific words:

• Evaporation. When water is heated by radiant energy it turns into water vapor.
• Transpiration. Evaporation from plants.
• Condensation. When water vapor cools, molecules join together and form clouds.
• Precipitation. When clouds get heavy the waters falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
• Acidification: the action or process of making or becoming acidic.

THE WATER CYCLE SONG

THE WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

Bag 1: Normal Water cycle

Bag 2: Water cycle with CO2 added: like Oceans in climate change

Bag 3: Water cycle with ice added: like Antarctica in climate change

Purpose

The purpose is to duplicate the process of the water cycle under controlled conditions 

Materials

• A4 plastic ziplock bags x2
• 50ml of water 
• Blue food colouring 
• Permanent marker 
• 50ml of Soda water
• 1 t Baking soda 
• Litmus paper 
• Double sided tape. 

Procedures

1. Get your materials.
2. Draw a picture of the water cycle on the plastic bag.
3. Label the parts of the water cycle.
4. Add 50ml of water into the plastic bag.
5. Add a few drops of blue food colouring into the water.
6. Zip up the bag tightly.
7. Tape the bag to a window.
8. Get your other bag.
9. Repeat the drawing steps on your second bag.
10. Add 50ml of soda water.
11. Add one teaspoon of baking soda.
12. Zip up the bag but leaving a small gap.
13. Put a strip of litmus paper in, leaving it half in the bag and half out.
14. Make sure the zip lock is closed and securing the paper.
15. Tape the bag to the window next to the other bag.
16. Wait for a few days (maybe weeks)
17. Watch as the condensation builds up.

.

Findings:

	The Water Cycle	Acid Water Cycle
Does it cycle?	Yes	Yes
Amount of Water	1	2
Acidity	0	1

Key: Water and acidity amount: 0 = none 

1 = small 

2 = large

 Comments: 

• The water cycle did cycle, there was a small amount of water and no acidity.
• The acid water cycle did cycle and there was a large amount of water and a small amount of acidity. 

Conclusion 

If you follow these steps correctly  you will be able to do the experiment successfully and replicate the water cycle process in controlled conditions

Climate Change Documentary

Today as our classrooms were not available we meet with the other classes in the Auditorium. For the next, to hours we spent watching a documentary about the effects of climate change and what we can do to help restore our planet. It also showed us what the future earth could look like if we all join together to try and make a difference. The documentary was split into sections, kinda. Electricity, Transport, Farming, Oceans, Gender Equality. In the electricity bit, they talked about solar panels and how we can use power more efficiently. Afterward, they talked about vehicles and how we can reduce the number of cars, roads, and traffic by using more public transport or walking, biking, etc. They also talked about turning the empty parking lots into farms and greenery. After learning about what transport holds for us in the future the documentary moves onto Farming. They described how farming and plants can help suck up the carbon dioxide floating round. It also talked about cows and how we need to limit the amount of meat we eat. Moving onto oceans they talked about how the oceans are slowly becoming dead and it is taking the fish with it. They then told us that they are using seaweed as their solution wich I thought was really clever. The last section was gender equality which talked about women having the right to go to school and being treated equally. And that was it I thought that this video was really inspiring and I think that if we all work together we can create a healthier environment.

My Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint Calculator

You are now going to look at your own carbon footprint by taking a questionnaire. Remember to 'Add details to improve accuracy'.

Based on the questionnaire what is your:

1. Ecological Footprint

2. Carbon Footprint

How many planets did you have?

2.9 Earths 

What is your personal Earth overshoot day?

06th of May

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 2 of the tips.

1.  Turn of the lights in rooms that you're not in. 
2.  When going on holiday unplug all of your devices.
3. Use public transport to reduce the amount of CO2 being released into the air. 
4. Use stairs instead of elevators to save electricity. 
5. Put lids on pots to maximize the amount of gas you're using to heat up your meal.

Video questions:

What has human activity done to our planet?
Polluted it. 
What is Zero Waste?
Definition: Recycling, Reuse, Recycle, Trying to stop huge landfills from releasing methane into the air.

What stuff has a carbon footprint?

Most things in your everyday life 

toothbrush, chair, clothes, etc  

What are 2 easy things to help our planet?

1.  Put food products into our compost.
2.    Recycle all your used items. 

What do we need to recycle?

1. 
   
2. 
   

What does recycling do to our planet?

How much of our rubbish is made up of food scraps?


What does methane gas do to our planet?

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
it sucks up 2x the carbon dioxide than trees do. 
What do using zero waste practices do to our planet?

MY INVESTIGATION.

• Choose 3 items from the list.
• Investigate them using Google.
• Answer the 4 questions below.

Name: 

1. How long does this resource take to decompose?
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from?
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change?
4. How is this resource recycled?

Writing Inspiration!

Today With Mr. Scott we are looking at lots of pictures and videos to try to find inspiration for what we like to write about. To find ideas that we would like to write about we used this site called LiteracyShed

Videos - 

Eye Of the storm. 

The Light House